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Faith.

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Better trust all, and be deceived,          And weep that trust, and that deceiving;     Than doubt one heart, that if believed,          Had blessed one's life with true believing.     Oh, in this mocking world, too fast          The doubting fiend o'ertakes our youth!     Better be cheated to the last,          Than loose the blessed hope of truth.

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"Better trust all, and be deceived,..."

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